I was pleased
I thought I'd share this chapter of my art career.
You see, I achieved a long-held dream by entering a painting in Mandorla 2022, the national religious biennale art award. Visit website https://mandorlaart.com/2022-mandorla-art-award/ for background, and to see some exquisite art. Here's my entry “Yesterday, today, tomorrow. The oracle has spoken”
You see, I achieved a long-held dream by entering a painting in Mandorla 2022, the national religious biennale art award. Visit website https://mandorlaart.com/2022-mandorla-art-award/ for background, and to see some exquisite art. Here's my entry “Yesterday, today, tomorrow. The oracle has spoken”
This was my submission
Tell us about the work you are entering.
Climate change accelerated. 2019-20 Australia responded with Black Summer Fires. Our tired, worn-out Earth. 2020 Covid came like an oracle. The world went quiet. Industrialisation ceased. Earth took a monumental deep breath as carbon pollution paused bringing starlit skies and views of the Himalayas. Nature sang. An opportunity for metamorphosis, where Earthlings contemplate spiritual mysteries and rebirth. A chrysalis emerging as a butterfly. Our dwindled botany reaches to a bush butterfly.
Tell us about you and your arts practice.
When Covid struck, the go-go world went quiet. It was curious the way my mind freed as commitments dissolved, leaving delicious time for my art. I watched and painted migrating shorebirds. I’m a naturalist and conservationist. I walked forests and beaches. My art is realistically contemplative. I’ve a passion and philosophical perspective for the beauty in our natural world. I‘m inspired by sunlight on water, stars, the moon, shadows, birdsong and the less explored places. www.suekalab.com
It brought a smile to my face when I finished this work and its complex, concise writing with its deep story. I'm a firm believer there is a Higher Power, that Intelligence which created the universe and share this view with native cultures world-wide. It makes me happy to have achieved this painting but I do wish it could help bring healing to our planet Earth.
Almost 300 entries submitted from across Australia, and 42 selected. So, I stand with 250 others and know I am not alone in being disappointed. A silver lining to this particular cloud is that I can share this with you
Tell us about the work you are entering.
Climate change accelerated. 2019-20 Australia responded with Black Summer Fires. Our tired, worn-out Earth. 2020 Covid came like an oracle. The world went quiet. Industrialisation ceased. Earth took a monumental deep breath as carbon pollution paused bringing starlit skies and views of the Himalayas. Nature sang. An opportunity for metamorphosis, where Earthlings contemplate spiritual mysteries and rebirth. A chrysalis emerging as a butterfly. Our dwindled botany reaches to a bush butterfly.
Tell us about you and your arts practice.
When Covid struck, the go-go world went quiet. It was curious the way my mind freed as commitments dissolved, leaving delicious time for my art. I watched and painted migrating shorebirds. I’m a naturalist and conservationist. I walked forests and beaches. My art is realistically contemplative. I’ve a passion and philosophical perspective for the beauty in our natural world. I‘m inspired by sunlight on water, stars, the moon, shadows, birdsong and the less explored places. www.suekalab.com
It brought a smile to my face when I finished this work and its complex, concise writing with its deep story. I'm a firm believer there is a Higher Power, that Intelligence which created the universe and share this view with native cultures world-wide. It makes me happy to have achieved this painting but I do wish it could help bring healing to our planet Earth.
Almost 300 entries submitted from across Australia, and 42 selected. So, I stand with 250 others and know I am not alone in being disappointed. A silver lining to this particular cloud is that I can share this with you
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